Let's make a DU state and secede from the U.S. With Gore as our Pres. [View All]

[janekat]

I'm only HALF kidding...

http://www.diversityalliance.org/docs/article_secede_000308.html
"Charles Truxillo, a professor of Chicano studies at the University of New Mexico, suggests "Republica del Norte" would be a good name for a new, sovereign Hispanic nation he foresees straddling the current border between the United States and Mexico.

Truxillo predicts the creation of a Republic of the North, calling its birth within the next 80 years "an inevitability." He says the country would include all of the present U.S. states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, plus southern Colorado.

..... Its capital would probably be Los Angeles. "

http://www.secession.net/
"Millions of activists worldwide are committed to national, ethnic, religious and regional secessionist movements described variously as: self-determination, independence, autonomy, sub-national, micro-national, separatist, sovereignty, indigenous, homeland, Fourth World. Ideological movements explicitly or implicitly promoting individual, community or regional rights to secession include: libertarian, anarchist, anti-authoritarian, decentralist, devolutionist, cantonal, green, bioregional, "small is beautiful," communal, survivalist, radical pacifist or futurist. While these latter movements may promote differing social and economic goals, their commitment to individual liberty is strong."


We could work on the states that already more liberal (thinking California, New Mexico and the NW) maybe even encourage a bunch of people to move there and work on seceding from the U.S. Many states and regions have tried to do this before.

The "Upper Penninsula" of Michigan tried to secede from the rest of Michigan. The South (or just S Carolina) seceded from the North during the Civil War, Chicago tried to secede from Illinos. I think New Mexico tried to do this.

We could THEN put the RIGHTFUL President in as our leader: Al Gore.